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Published: 2007-10-30 01:44:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 1134; Favourites: 15; Downloads: 48
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Another photoshop doodle, meant as a sticker.I like it as a graphic, but I'm not sure how it'd work as a sticker. Also, something about it just doesn't seem completely right. So critique is much appreciated.
May change to a scrap later, it depends. VOTE ON IT! (you are, after all, the media)
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The problem I see is its flatness, the lack of depth. the thing is, you have some depth built-in with the texture you used in the background, but the flatness (2d) of the TV makes everything look flat. even just adding a hard and tight drop shadow would help, and perhaps some texture. Same for the bullhorn.
Typically, depth has greater impact on the brain, unless the entire design is about being flat. then you want a lot of depth elsewhere, with the TV totally flat, as part of the message. Right now, it just makes it seem a little "off".
The overall design is very good and that is the most important element.
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In the final version of this, I actually ended up taking out the background texture and leaving it white. I also changed all the orange text to a sort of overlayed (think printing press) pink, which all and all I think added quite a bit to the depth (which seems contradictory, but it works).
Again, old peice I'm not too proud of. But I'm not going to use that as an excuse : ]
and again, thanks for the critique
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Good attitude. Additionally, have a mindset of never "defending" your art, you are simply discussing input from others. Many artist look back at their older work and cringe. My sister did an etching (solid black etched to white) of wolves in the woods and gave it to me--I framed and hung it. It is a masterpiece in my opinion. Five years later she said "I can't stand it anymore, I'm taking that home and fixing it, the tail on that wolf is wrong", and off it went for "fixing".
She is constantly putting down the work she did in the past, all of it wonderful. She sculpts from stone too. The point is this, your older work is part of your journey. When I came to your gallery, I started at the end and worked forward. This lets me follow an artist's journey. The new work could not exist without the old.
There are art pieces we do we have no pride in because we know we were sloppy, pushed it out too fast, etc. Just be sure to take pride in your older work that you did your best (at that time) on. The journey ends only when you end.
Oh dear, slap me, I just lectured. Sorry.
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haha i like the concept.
that would make an interesting shirt.
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You know I'm mean with critiques. Anywhoo, onto my opinion.
It's fairly good as is, it has a good message and the imagery is catchy.
From a general peice of artwork/doodle it's fine as it is.
However if you're going to make it into a sticker try taking off the background and changing the words "the" and the arrow to black. If you keep the background you couldmake all of the type and the graphics non transparent. Also, crop the background so that it's closer to the image. See how that looks. The background and/or the transparencies seem to make it look just a bit cluttered for a sticker.
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Ironically enough, I had already taken out the background, and was tweaked around with the font choice and color a bit (using more sans serif rather than bitmap typefaces, using more of a pink/black/white color pallete, etc.) prior to your comment.
And, in a post-mortem validation of said critique, it did end up looking a lot better. So kudos for you for getting that right, albeit slightly after the fact
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Thats excellent, mon cher!
Although the exclamation point is a little wierd...
Beyong that, fill some of the space in the bottom corners, coz its a little empty...
Otherwise, i love the concept!
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Awesome. The background is perfect - I'd just change the font of the am to give it more emphasis, and maybe lose the buy album from the TV (the rest of the words on there are great).
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I think that there should be some kind of swirly/ribbony thing comming out of the break in the television... or just something to in some way join/unify the words to the image more. 
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There was a little bit of that, but I didn't emphasize it as much as I would of liked to... thanks for noting it : )
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I love this
This kind of thing rocks me socks..
And old t.v's are the best thing.
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SAWEET!!!! this looks so cool! it's worthy of my desktop!
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Well, I don't like the !. And the TV could use some grunginess as well; some texture. And little noise lines coming out of the speaker thing (forget the name) would be tight. But I like it.
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Yeah... I put the exclamation point down there becuase I felt it needed some color down in that area, since the top was so busy and it needed to balance out. But maybe I'll experiment with different ways of getting that color, or at least tone down the exclamation point a bit.
speaker thing - megaphone. I attempted to make the swirly thingies look like noise lines, but promptly gave up. Plain ol' "noiselines" would probably look good though.
And you're right... the TV does need for texture..
Thanks a ton for the critique : )
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Megaphone! That's it.
And no problem
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I adore it. Those simple for words mean a lot. Great job.
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